Mushroom Fun Guy Joke

October 4th, 2010 by admin

Taking the “Fun” Out of Fungus – Getting Rid of Fungal Infections

Did you hear about the woman who dated a mushroom? She heard he was a real “fun guy” to be with. If you are spending too much time around any fungi of your own, it may be time to see your dermatologist. Fungal infections are nothing to laugh about (much like the aforementioned joke), and in some cases they can be either debilitating or disgusting – or often a combination of the two.

If the thought of having a fungus growing on your body makes you feel a bit queasy, there’s probably a reason. The bad news is that fungal infections aren’t any fun; the good news is that they can be relatively easily treated. So if you have an infection on your body caused by a fungus, do something about it – quick!

What is a Fungus?

A fungus is a certain type of organism belonging to the fungus kingdom, which has more than 80,000 species (but sadly, no king or queen). Fungi are notoriously difficult to characterize, especially as they share traits with both plants and animals, although they lack both chlorophyll and vascular tissue. They can multiply both sexually and asexually (by cloning themselves), and they feed on many different types of organic material, ones that are both living and dead.

Many things fall under the classification of fungi, including mushrooms, toadstools, spores, smuts, yeasts, molds and lichens, to name but a few. Some people choose to call